parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
parent-child relationship
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
living thing; living creature; animal; life
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
just one person; only one
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to be able to manage somehow or another
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
how; in what way; in what manner
question; inquiry; enquiry
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
scientific name (of a species); binomial name; Latin name; academic reputation
founder; originator; pioneer
boy; son; baby boy; young man
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter